^m{Sn]psX AÔNm^S¯nsâ D·q`W¯nWm]n hq^yNn^\§Ä Nm¯n^n¡p¶ bp`^n]psX BNfmWw Bh¶fm]n^n¡p¶p.
C¶s¯ bp`^n]n N®p\^p¶SnWv H^pbmXv fp¼v Ss¶ fWÊp\À¶n^p¶p. Nm`w FWn¡m]n Nm¯v sk¨ kjnNÄ FWn¡v tk*n Nm¯p Wn¡p*mNpw. B_v Gjv kÀgw fp¼v fmän]Sm\v B bmSNÄ, Ct¸mjpw knVn]psX N]vbpWoÀ NpXn¨v hmiI^y§sa bjn¨v KoknSw F´ntWm tk*n Kokn¨p SoÀ¡p¶ b` tNmXn fWpgy^psX bmS]nt`¡v tbmNm³ Fs¶ £\n¨p sNm*n^n¡p¶p. bmXnà Fs¶ Mm³ B¡p¶Sv B kjnNan Wn¶pw fm_n WX¡pt¼mjm\v. Fsâ l^o^¯nsâ]pw fWÊnsâ]pw Wn]{´\w hmiI^y§apsX ssN¸nXn]n Wn¶pw tfmI¸n¨v Fsâ {bSo£]psX]pw tfmi§apsX]pw ssNNan G`vbn¨ Wnfngs¯ ko*pw HmÀ¯psNm*v Mm³ N®pNÄ Sp_¶p.

C¶v.. Cs¶Wn¡v tk*n Nm¯n^n¡p¶ hwek§Ä H^p Wnfngw Fsâ N×p¶n NqXn NX¶v tbm]n. FWn¡v e]ml¦NÄ Cà Nm^\w C¶nsâ ^I]nSmkv MmWm\v. Mm³ Fjpt¶äv bSnkv {bemS Nm^y§an fpjpNn. s_Ìv _qfntWmXv tIÀ¶v Ss¶ dmSv_qfpw D*m]n^p¶p. fWÊns` C¶s`NÄ C¶n`qsX NjpNn Na]pt¼mjpw Fsâ fpgnª khv{Sw C¶s`]psX {bSoNw tbms` Wn¶p. {bmTfnN NÀ½§Ä¡v tlgw Mm³ C¶s` ^m{Sn C^p¶ _qfnt`¡v WX¶p.

“”hÀ tW^s¯ Fjpt¶täm?”” Fsâ k^knsâ lÐw tN«v N®pNÄ Sn^pfnsNm*v tNm³ÌdnÄ ht´mgv B\v ASv tImUn¨Sv.
sSm«Xp¯ Nth^]n dmdp C^p¶v D_§p¶p*m]n^p¶p.
“”Mm³ F¶pw ^mkns` Fjpt¶Â¡pw Sn^¡v bnXn¨ KoknSw Asà At¸mÄ D_¡w Np_¨v Np_]pftÃm.”” Mm³ ht´mgnWv D¯^w WÂNn.
“”hÀ C^pt¶maq tKmÀKv hÀ tW^s¯ k^pw F¶v b_ªn«m\v C¶s` tbm]Sv. DXsW Ss¶ k^pfm]n^n¡pw.”” ht´mgv b_ªp. tNm³ÌdnÄ dmdp At¸mjpw Nth^]n Im^n]n^p¶p D_§pN]m]n^p¶p.

“”ht´mgv km]n¡m³ bän] dp¡v kÃSpw Dt*m””. Mm³ Nth^]n C^p¶v sNm*v tImUn¨p.
“”CknsX A§sW km]n¡m¯¡ dp¡pNÄ H¶pw CÃ. b{Sw Np_¨v Njntª k^p. bns¶ hn.sF hm_nsâ fp_n]n Nm\pw hÀ k^pt¼mÄ tImUn¨m fSn.”” ht´mgv A_n]n¨p. Mm³ ko*pw ko*pw fWÊn C¶s¯ Unkh¯n hwekn¡m³ tbmNp¶ Hmt^m hwek§ap`qsX]pw NX¶v tbm]n sNm*n^p¶p. ht´mgv At¸mtj¡pw ko*pw fm]§n]n^p¶p.

“”dmdp F´v D_¡fmtXm CSv NųfmÀ ^£sb«`pw Sm³ A_n]nÃtÃm?””. tbm`ohv tÌgWv fp¶n Ssâ ssd¡v WnÀ¯n tÌgWnt`¡v N]_n k¶v Nth^]n C^p¶v D_§p¶ dmdpknsW tWm¡n hn.sF tKmÀKv tKmhcv tImUn¨p. ssd¡nâv N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv lÐw tN«v ht´mgv tW^s¯ D\À¶v, hn.sF s] N*Spw FjptWäv Wn¶n^p¶p.
“”thm_n hÀ C¶s` D_§n]nÃm]n^p¶p.”” dmdp bSns] N®p Sn^pfn Fjpt¶äv tWs^ C^p¶v sNm*v b_ªp.

“”AOn tW^s¯ Fjpt¶ätà CknXs¯ D_¡w Hs¡ l^n]mt]m?”” Fs¶ tWm¡n hn.sF tImUn¨p.
“”Npj¸w CÃ hÀ WÃ £o\w DÅSv sNm*v Np_¨v D_§n””. Mm³ D¯^w b_ªp.
“”Dw. ht´mgv AOn`nWv H^p Im] km§n¨v sNmXp¡p Hs^®w FWn¡pw. AOn C^pt¶maq””. hn.sF ht´mgnWpw FWn¡pw WnÀtUl§Ä WÂNn.
“”hÀ km]n¡m³ sNmÅmkp¶ dp¡pNÄ kÃSpw hm_nsâ ssNklw Dt*m km]n¡m³?”” ANt¯¡v tbmNm³ SpX§n] hn.sF s] tWm¡n Mm³ tImUn¨p.

“”dp¡pNÄ.. bj] Np_¨v tWmkNpNÄ Fsâ A`fm^]n Nm\pw. AOn k¶v Hs^®w FXpt¯maq.”” hn.sF Wn¶v H¶v Bt`mIn¨ tlgw b_ªp. Mm³ At±is¯ bn´pXÀ¶v At±iw Nm\n¨v S¶ sgÂcn Wn¶pw H^p dpNv FXp¯v Sn^n¨v k¶v Nth^]n C^p¶v km]W B^wen¨p. Mm³ bp_t¯¡v C_§pt¼mÄ hn.sF GtSm c] b^ntlmUn¡pN]m]n^p¶p. k]W¡nX]n ht´mgv sNm*v sk¨ Im]]pw dWmW ss{c ]pw Njn¨p.

hf]w F«v f\n BNp¶SnWv fp¼v Ss¶ knWm]mNpw AZzt¡äv kn³hâpw _oW]psX HmZn Nm_n tbm`ohv tÌgWnsâ tPäv NX¶v k^p¶Sv Mm³ N*p. fWÊn knWm]NntWmXv tImUn¡m³ b` tImUy§apw kn³hmântWmXv b_]m³ b` Nm^y§apw fWÊnt`¡v bmªv k¶p. knWm]mNpw kn³hâpw k*n]n Wn¶pw C_§n WX¶v Fsâ AXpt¯¡v k¶p.
“”PpZv tfmÀ\nwPv kn³hâv hÀ”” Mm³ Fjpt¶äv kn³hânsW ihvSUmWw sI]vSp.
“”PpZv tfmÀ\nwPv AOnÂ, Mm³ C¶s` sNm¨n]n B]n^p¶p C¶s` ^m{Sn knWm]Nv knan¨v b_tªmt¸mjm\v Mm³ Nm^y§Ä A_nªSv. ASm\v C¶s` ^m{Sn k^m³ bäm¯Sv””. kn³hâv FWn¡v AXp¯ Nth^]n C^p¶v sNm*v b_ªp.

“”ASv hm^w Cà hÀ, hÀ k¶Sn k`n] ht´mgw D*v””Mm³ At±i¯nWv Fsâ Wµn A_n]n¨p.
“”AOn`nWv C¶v sskNn«m\tà fKnhv–t{XänWv fp¶n s{bshâv sI¿p¶Sv.”” kn³hâv tImUn¨p.
“”AsS hÀ ASnWv fp¼v kÀg]psX cyq\_`n bs¦Xp¡m³ sbÀfng³ S¶n«p*v.”” Mm³ b_ªp.
“”hm_nsâ tNhv kmUn¡m³ H^p WÃ H^p {NnfnWÂ t`m]_nsW N*v bnXn¡mw F¶m\v kn³hâv hÀ b_]p¶Sv”” knWm]Nv B\v ASv b_ªSv.
“”kn³hâv hÀ Nm^y§sams¡ knWm]Nv b_ªtÃm. Cu tNhns` FÃm hwek§apw sSankv hinSw sSan]n¨m fm{Stf hz]^o£¡v tk*n]pÅ W^iSy sSan]n¡m³ Njn]p ASv San]n¡msS N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Kmfykpw `en¡nà Nm^\w CSv sNm`¡päw B\v. ASv sSan]n¡m³ BUyw Mm³ F´nWv _oW]psX ko«n tbm]n F¶Sm\v, ASv sSan]n¡m³ _oW]psX sfmjn tk\w. bns¶ Wo^Kv kÀgs] sNm¶p F¶v sSan]n¡mWpw _oW]psX sfmjn tk\w Nm^\w Akam\v kÀg]psX tdmZn BUyw N*Sv SpXÀ¶v Wo^Kv _oWs] B{Nfn¡m³ {lfn¨p F¶SnWpw sSankv AkapsX sfmjn]m\v. Cu H^p hmiI^y¯n AkapsX sfmjn FXp¡m³ WnÀdÔw bnXn¡p¶Sv l^n]Ã. C¶s` Mm³ hn.sFt]mXv _nNzÌv sI]vSSv sNm*v AkapsX sfmjn FXp¡¶Sv fmän sk¨Sv ASv sI¿pt¼mÄ ASnWv tk*n Np_¨v Unkhw AN¯v NnX¡m³ S¿m_m]n Ss¶]m\v Mm³ ASv sI]vSSv. GSm]m`pw S¡m`t¯¡v Kmfy¯nWv {lfn¨n«pw Nm^yw CÃm¯ ØnSn¡v C¶v ASnWv {lfn¡msS C^n¡p¶Sm\v dp²n. bns¶ bpSn] tcmÀ«v F.hn B\v CWn tNhv AtWzgn¡pN. ImÀKv goäv S¿m_m¡p¶Spw SpXÀ¶v tNhv AtWzgn¡p¶Spw At±iw Ss¶ B]n^n¡pw F¶m\v hn.sF b_ªSv.”” Mm³ Nm^y§Ä kn³hânsW A_n]n¨p.

“”AOn Sm³ b_]p¶ Nm^y§Ä Hs¡ FWn¡v fWÊn`mNpw bs£ F¶v sk¨v Kmfymtb£ sNmXpt¡* F¶mt\m? Wfp¡v ssit¡mXSn]ns` hp{bowtNmXSn]ns` {bmÎohv sI¿p¶ Bs^s]¦n`pw Cu tNhv G¸n¨m Kmfyw Nn«m³ DÅ hmVyS NqXpS`m\v.”” kn³hâv b_ªp.
hÀ b_]p¶Sv kas^ l^n]m\v Wfp¡v Wà H^p k¡o tk\w bs£ sbs«¶v UrSn bnXn¨v N*p bnXnt¡*. hÀ b_ªSv tbms` Wà NjnkpÅ H^msa N*pbnXn¡m³ CWn]pÅ Np_¨v f\n¡q_n Njn]nà ASv sNm*v Wfp¡v AXp¯ Sk\t¯¡v Wfp¡v Wà H^msa C_¡mw At¸mÄ kas^ Fap¸w Kmfyw Nn«pN]pw sI¿pw SpXÀ¶pÅ tNhnsâ WXbXnNÄ bqÀ¯n]m¡m³ A]mÄ¡v Ss¶ Njn]pw. ASv sNm*v hÀ hf]w FXp¯v Wà H^p AZzt¡änsW N*pbnXn¡\w. bns¶ ImÀKv goäv s_Zn B]n Fs¶ tNmXSn]n sNm*v tbmNp¶SnWv fp¼v hm_nsW FWn¡v H¶v Nm\\w. Np_¨v Nm^y§Ä NqXn hwhm^n¡m³ D*v.”” Mm³ b_ªv WnÀ¯n.

“”AOn Sm¦Ä b_]p¶Sv S¶]m\v l^n. Mm³ GSm]m`pw DX³ H^p Wà AZzt¡änsW N*v bnXn¡mw. Mm³ H¶v hn.sF s] Nm\s«””. CSv b_ªv At±iw ANt¯¡v tbm]n.
“”hÀ At¸mÄ h_nWn¶v Kmfyw Nn«ntÃ. Fsâ Nrgv\m F¶m`pw hm_nWv Cu PSn k¶tÃm?”” knWm]Nv Aksâ kngfw b_ªp.
“”knWm]Nv Wo kngfnt¡* Mm³ Ct¸mÄ AN¯v Ss¶ D*m]n^nt¡*Sv W½psX Bklyw B\v.”” Mm³ AksW hfmVmWn¸n¨p.
“”hÀ. hÀ F´m Dt±ln¨Sv fWÊn`m]nÔ” knWm]Nv A¼^t¸msX tImUn¨p.
“”AsS knWm]Nv C¶s` Mm³ _oW]psX sfmjn FXpt¡* F¶v Mm³ b_ªSv AktamXpÅ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv hvtWiw sNm*v Ss¶]m\v F¶m ASnWv tlgw Bt`mIn¨t¸mÄ ASv sNm*v H^pbmXv tW«w D*v F¶v FWn¡v fWÊn`m]n. Mm³ Ct¸mÄ AN¯v NnX¶m W½Ä WX¯p¶ kÀg¡v tk*n]pÅ {bIm^\w sbs«¶v kymbn¸n¡pw. KW§Ä Fs¶ ^£n¡m³ B{Pin¡pw AkÀ AWoSns¡Sn^n tbm^mXpw ASv W½psX {bI^\§sa fsäm^p S`¯nt`¡v F¯n¡pw. bns¶ Mm³ AN¯n^n¡pt¼mÄ l{Sp¡Ä Alzhn¨n^n¡pw ASv sNm*v Ak^psX Db{Uk§apw tbXn¡*.”” Mm³ b_ªv WnÀ¯n.

“”hm_nWv l{Sp¡tam?”” knWm]Nv knlzmhw k^m¯Svtbms` tImUn¨p.
“”A§sW]pw In`À CÃmSn^n¡ptfm”” Mm³ bp©n^n¨psNm*v b_ªp. AOn`nWv Mm³ b_ªSnsâ sbm^pÄ fWÊn`m]nà F¶v Aksâ htµiw Wn_ª N®pNÄ Ft¶mXv b_sª¦n`pw ASv fWÊn`m¡nsNmXp¡* F¶v Mm³ So^pfmWn¨p.

“”hÀ bns¶ hm_nsâ A½ knan¨n^p¶p. AknsX Nm^y§sams¡ kmÀ¯NÄ kjn A_nªv FÃmk^pw kas^ kngf¯n`m\v””. Fs¶ knan¨n«v tcm\n Nn«n]nà F¶v b_ªv A½ b^nekw b_ªt¸mjm\v Fsâ NqsX tKm`n sI¿p¶ BÄ Bs\¶v b_ªv knWm]Nnsâ tcm¬ W¼À sNmXp¯Sv. knWm]Nv b_]pt¼mÄ Mm³ HmÀ¯p.

“”knWm]Nv Wo A½]v–¡v H¶v tcm¬ sI¿q Fsâ tcm\n Wn¶pw Bs^]pw knan¡^pSv F¶v hn.sF b_ªn«p*v.”” CSv tN«]pX³ knWm]Nv Aksâ tcm\n A½]psX W¼À Z] sI]vS FWn¡v WÂNn. Mm³ ASv Fsâ sIknt]mXv tIÀ¯v sk¨p.

{ZnRv…{ZnRv… “” imt`m tfm³ AOn`nsW Nt*m?”” ^*v _n§pNÄ¡v A¸p_w BNmw£]pw h¦Xkpw Wn_ª A½]psX lÐw Mm³ tN«p.
“”At½ CSv Mm³.. Mm³ Ss¶]m”” b^fmkVn lÐw f]s¸Xp¯n Mm³ b_ªp.

tfmtW… F¶v fm{Stf A½ knan¨pÅq tlgw Mm³ tN«Sv fpjpk³ A½]psX N^¨n`pNÄ B]n^p¶p N^¨n`nWv tlgw h¦X§apw b^nek§apw b¦v sk¨p HXpkn H^mjvI¡pÅn Mm³ ko«n k^mw F¶v b_ªv H^p knV¯n tcm¬ sk¨p. FÃmw tN«v sNm*v knWm]Nv AXp¯v Ss¶ Wn¸p*m]n^p¶p.

Np_¨v Njnªv hn.sF ]psX fp_n]n Wn¶pw AZz¡äv kn³hâv C_§n k¶p. “” kn³hâv hÀ hn.sF F´v b_ªp”” A£fWm]n Wn¶ knWm]Nv B\v ASv tImUn¨Sv.
“”AOn Sm³ b_ªSv kas^ l^n]m\v Wfp¡v H^p Wà {NnfnW t`m]_nsW Ss¶ N*p bnXn¡\w Nm^\w Wfp¡v FSns^ Wn¡p¶kÀ A{S¡v là^m\v Hä Wnfngw sNm*v ASv Ns*¯n]m ASv k`n] sSäv ANm³ hmVyS]p*v {btSNn¨v Cu hmiI^y¯n””
knWm]Nnsâ tImUy¯nsâ D¯^w kn³hâv b_ªSv Ft¶mXm\v.

“”kas^ l^n]m\v hÀ.. kn³hânWv N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv f_pbXn WÂNn] tlgw Mm³ knWm]Nnsâ fpO¯v tWm¡n Aksâ Bl] Npj¸w Wn_ª fpOw N* Mm³ ko*pw kn³hmântWmXv b_ªp. “”hn sF b_ª Nm^y§Ä FÃmw knW]m¡nWv H¶v b_ªv sNmXp¡\w bmkw AkWv H¶pw fWÊn`m]n Nm\nÃ.”” knW]m¡nWv tSman S«n sNm*v Mm³ b_ªv WnÀ¯n.

“” b_]mw AOnÂ, bt£ AOn F´nWm sskNn«v Fs¶ Nm\\w F¶v b_ªSv.”” knWm]NnsW tWm¡n H^p sI_pbp©n^nt]msX kn³hâv b_ªp.
“”sskNn«v b_]mw hÀ C¶s¯ bN`n hm_ntWmXv b_]m³ DÅ Ft´m H¶v hwekn¡pw F¶v Fsâ fWÊv b_]p¶p {btSNn¨pw hmiI^yw NrSyfm]n fWÊn`m]n Nm\pw AtÃm?. Mm³ f_pbXn WÂNn.

“”knWm]Nv Wo]pw hm_pw Ct¸mÄ Ss¶ C_§ns¡mÅp sI¿m³ H^pbmXv Nm^y§Ä CtÃ? bns¶ _oW]psX NqsX Bs^¦n`pw Ft¸mjpw D*mNm³ {lfn¡\w. kn³hânWv f_pbXn WÂNn] tlgw knWm]NnsW tWm¡n Mm³ b_ªp. ^*ptb^pw ]m{S b_ªp C_§n bp_t¯¡v tbmNp¶Sv N*v Nq«n`m¡n] b£ns]t¸ms` Mm³ tWm¡n Wn¶p.

Np_¨v Njnªv hn.sF bp_t¯¡v k¶p tbm`ohpNmÀ¡v WnÀtUl§Ä WÂNn] tlgw Fsâ AXp¯v k¶p.
“”AOn Np_¨v Njn]pt¼mÄ Fhv.sF AK]³ k^pw. IX§pNÄ¡v tlgw tWs^ tbmÀ«v F.hn tÌgWnt`¡v B]n^n¡pw sNm*v tbmkpN. dm¡n So^pf§Ä FÃmw bpSn] F.hn ]psX B]n^n¡pw.””

“”l^n hmÀ hm_nsâ him]§Ä¡v kas^ Wµn]p*v. CWn]pw Mm³ ASv {bSo£n¡p¶p.”” Mm³ NrSÚSt]msX b_ªp.
“”SoÀ¨]m]pw Fsâ FÃm knU him]§apw AOn`nWv D*mNpw AsSsâ NXf]m\v. F¶m l^n AOn Mm³ C_§pN]m\v.””
hn.sF {bh¶ fpOt¯msX b_ªp.
“”l^n hÀ “” Mm³ At±is¯ ]m{S]m¡n. hn.sF bp_t¯¡v WX¶p. Mm³ Fhv.sF AK]Wv tk*n Nm¯n^p¶p.

hf]w b¯v f\n Njnªt¸mÄ Fhv.sF ]psX k*n tÌgWv fp¶n k¶v Wn¶p. M§Ä _oW]psX ko«nt`¡v ]m{S Sn^n¨p. M§Ä AknsX F¯pt¼mÄ Wm«pNm^pw N¼Wn]ns` tKm`n¡m^pw dÔp¡apw fmVyf§apw sNm*v AknXfmsN Wn_ªn^p¶p. kÀg]psX KokWä l^o^w NnX¡p¶ koXnsâ D½_t¯¡v WX¡pt¼mÄ Bs^ms¡t]m k¶v Ft¶mXv Fs´ms¡t]m b_]pN]pw Fsâ tUi¯v bnXn¡pN]pw sI¿p¶p*m]n^p¶p.

FWn¡v Ipäpw Wn¡p¶ Bs^]pw Sn^n¨_n]m³ Njn]p¶p*m]n^p¶nÃ. Mm³ N^pSn sk¨ ssV^yw FÃmw tImÀ¶v tbmNp¶Sv tbms` tSm¶n. kÀg]psX fpOw Mm³ B InÃp ¥mÊn`qsX N*p. Fs¶ F¶pw ASnl]n¸n¨ AkapsX N®pNÄ C¶v FWn¡v fp¶n sNm«n AX¡s¸«n^n¡p¶p. N^ªp SaÀ¶ fpOkpfm]n _oW AXp¯v Ss¶ D*m]n^p¶p.

^m{ão]¯ns`]pw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv hfqi¯nt`]pw b` {bfpO^pw k¶v tbmNp¶p*m]n^p¶p. KWWndn[fm] B ko«n AhU^\fm] WnlÐS Wn_ªv Wn¶p. kÀgs] Nm\m³ k¶ b`^pw Fs¶ Sp_n¨v tWm¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p. In`À k¶v b^nI]s¸XpN]pw sI]vSp. HXpkn kÀg]psX l^o^w Np_¨v kn_Nv sNmÅnNÄsNm¸w F^nªv So^p¶Sv Wn_N®pNtamsX tWm¡n Wn¶p. B So Fsâ DÅns` Sos] BanN¯n¡p¶X]n^p¶p. AkapsX l^o^w sNm*v sSan¨ B APvWn Hmt^m irU]¯n`pw Ban N¯n¡m³ Fsâ fWÊv Ft¶mXv b_]p¶p*m]n^p¶p.

FÃmw Njnªv _oWt]mXpw knWm]NnsW G¸n¨v AhnÌâv N½og\À Nm^ym`]¯nt`¡v ]m{S Sn^n¨p. Ko¸nsâ bp_Nn C^p¶v _oW]psX koXnsâ tPäv NX¡pt¼mÄ GNtUlw H^mjvI fp¼v MmWpw kÀg]pw CtS tPäv NX¶v tbm]Sv Fsâ HmÀfm]nt`¡v NX¶v k¶p. hmUm^\ hv–{SoNan Wn¶pw kySyhvS]m] kÀg¡v Ft¶mXv {b\]w Bs\¶v AkÄ Ft¶mXv b_ª B Unkhw Fsâ KoknS¯n f_¡m³ Njn]m¯ B Unkhw.

F.hn Hmcohn F¯pt¼mÄ hf]w Wm`v fm\n Njnªn^p¶p. BUyw Fs¶ AknsX]pÅ H^p Hjnª fp_n]nt`¡m\v AknsX]p*m]n^p¶ H^p sNm\vÌdnÄ W]n¨Sv. GSm*v A^ f\n¡qÀ Njnªt¸mÄ hn.sF tKmÀÖv tKmhcvDw F.hn ]pw _qfnt`¡v NX¶v k¶p. N*m H^p C^pb¯Snt]jv C^pb¯ns]«v k]Êv tSm¶n¡p¶ hpfpOWpw Bt^mPy {VnX^m{SWpfm]n^p¶p. F.hn.

“”im]v imt`m fnÌÀ sF Bw hµobv..hµobv NpfmÀ sF.bn.Fhv”” F.hn At±is¯ b^nI]s¸Xp¯n.
“”PpZv CukWnwPv hÀ sF.Bw AOn Wm]À”” Mm³ At±is¯ AenkmUyw sI]vSp.
“”AOn MmWm\v CWn Sm¦apsX tNhv AtWzgn¡p¶Sv. tKmhcv Ft¶mXv CSv ks^ DÅ tNhnsâ t{bm{Pmhv FÃmw b_ªp. At¸mÄ ASns` In` hwl]§Ä FWn¡v tImUn¡m³ D*v.”” F.hn b_ªp.

“”tImUnt¨maq hÀ FWn¡v A_n]mkp¶Sms\¦n Sm¦sa Mm³ b_]mw”” Mm³ D¯^w WÂNn.
“”AOn SmWpw f^n¨ kÀg]pfm]n F´m]n^p¶p dÔw”” F.hn tImUn¨p.
“”hÀ M§Ä S½n b^nI]s¸Xp¶Sv GNtUlw Wm`v fmhw fp¼v H^p t{bm¸À«n Zo`pfm]n dÔs¸«m\v. bn¶oXv _oW N³hv–{Xo£Wpfm]n b` dhnsWÊpNÄ Zo`pNÄ D*m]n A§sW M§apsX hpirSv dÔw kaÀ¶p. bns¶ Fsâ N¼Wn]psX tdmÀZv Hmcv Zns_ÎÀhn AwPfm\v _oW]pw kÀg]pw.”” Mm³ D¯^w WÂNn.

“”At¸mÄ dnhnWÊv dÔ¯n Wn¶pw D*m] hpirSv dÔw l^n. AOn`nWv Wo^mKnWv fp¼v b^nI]w D*m]n^pt¶m?”” F.hn tImUn¨p.
“”D*m]n^p¶p hÀ AksW Mm³ b`t¸mjm]n Hmcohn`pw bp_¯v sk¨pw N*n«p*v. bs£ Ak³ C§sW sI¿pw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv F¶v Mm³ H^n¡`pw N^nSn]n^p¶nÃ.”” Mm³ D¯^w WÂNn.

“”F¶m l^n.. At¸mÄ tKmhcv Sm³ sbm]vt¡maq CWn Fs´¦n`pw C³tcmÀtfg³ tk\sf¦n knan¸n¡mw”” AXp¯v Wn¶ hn.sF s] tWm¡n F.hn b_ªp.
“”HmsN hÀ..”” F¶v b_ªp h`yq«v sI]vSv hn.sF bp_t¯¡v tbm]n.
F.hn At±i¯nWv bp_sN tbm]n tZmÀ t`m¡v sI]vSv Fsâ AXpt¯¡v k¶p.

“”AOn Mm³ b_]msS Ss¶ tNhnsâ Pu^kw fWÊn`mNpw AtÃm? ^*v sNm`bmSN§Ä B\v ASn Hs^®w knSv t_¸v. ASvsNm*v CSn Wn¶pw ^£sbXm³ AtWzg\ _nt¸mÀ«v SWn¡v AWpNq`w Bt] bäp.”” F.hn b_ªp WnÀ¯n. Mm³ H¶pw fn*msS At±i¯nsâ lÐS¯nWv NmtSmÀ¯n^p¶p.

“”Mm³ kn{NfsW N*n^p¶p. A]mam\v Fs¶ Ct§m«v Ø`w fmän]Spw Cu tNhv AtWzg\w Fs¶ G¸n¡m³ I^Xv knan¨Spw. A]mÄ¡v tk*Sv SWn¡v Np_ªSv H^p Kokb^y´w km§n¨v S^pN F¶Sm\v. FWn¡v {btfmgWpw A³bSv `£w ^qb]pfm\v HcÀ.”” ko*pw b_ªp WnÀ¯n Fsâ N®pNant`¡v tWm¡n F.hn ko*pw SpXÀ¶p.

“”bs£ B HmcÀ hzoN^n¡m³ FWn¡v fWÊv k^p¶nÃ. Sm³ sI]vSSv WsÃm^p Nm^yw B\v C§sW DÅk·ms^ sNmÃpN Ss¶]m\v tk*Sv. ASv sNm*v Mm³ Ssâ NqsX Wn¡mw. ASnWv bN^w Fs¶ H¶v PuWn¨m fSn”” A]mÄ b_ªp WnÀ¯n.
“”fWÊn`m]nà hÀ”” Mm³ b_ªp.

“” GNtUlw Wm`v fmhw fp¼v Sn^pkW´bp^¯v H¶pw CÃmsS k¶ AOn C¶v tNmXnNapsX BhvSn]pÅ dnhnsWÊv F¼]À B] NT Fs¶ kÃmsS BNÀgn¨p. Ssâ Cu Njnkv sNm*v SWn¡v CWn]pw H^pbmXv tWXm³ Njn]pw. Ssâ]pw bns¶ Ssâ Bßfn{Sw _oW]psX]pw BhvSn sk¨v tWm¡pt¼mÄ kn{Nf³ H¶pw Aà F¶v FWn¡_n]mw.”” ko*pw F.hn b_ªp WnÀ¯n.

“”hm_nWv F´m\v tk*Sv”” Mm³ tImUn¨p.
“”^*v tNmXn ^qb SWn¡v ASv k`n] H^p SpN AÃtÃm.”” F.hn A]mapsX kn` b_ªp.
Mm³ H¶v In^n¨p. “”hÀ Fs¶Np_n¨v AtWzgn¨t¸mÄ FWn¡v b\w D*m¡m³ fm{Sw AÃ ASv hw^£n¡mWpw A_n]mw F¶v fWÊn`m]ntÃ. C{S]pw k`n] SpN sNmXp¯v ^o£sbXp¶SnsW¡mÄ WÃSv tks_ kjn tWm¡p¶StÃ. thm sF Bw thm_n hÀ. A{S]pw b\w FWn¡v S^m³ Njn]nÃ.
Mm³ b_ªp.

“”Wo FXp¡p¶ So^pfmWw F{S sSäms\¶v Wo AVnNw sskNmsS A_n]pw. ^*v sNm`bmSNkpw Wo sI]vSSm\v sSan]n¡m³ Fsâ N¿n fSn]m] sSankpNÄ D*v”” F.hn tUgyt¯msX Io_n.
“”hm_nWv bäp¶Sv tbms`s]ms¡ sI]vtSmap F§sW ^£sbX\w F¶v FWn¡v W¶m]n A_n]mw””. F.hn ]psX tNmbw N*v N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv In^n¨v sNm*v Mm³ b_ªp.

ASnWv D¯^w Nn«n]Sv Fsâ AXnk]änt`¡v A]mapsX Nm fp«v tNän] H^p CXn]n`qsX B]n^p¶p. NqsX Nps_ sS_nNapw. ASnWv tlgw A]mÄ bp_t¯¡v tbm]n. GNtUlw b¯v fnWnäv Njnªt¸mÄ kn³hâv Fs¶ Nm\m³ k¶p. WX¶ Nm^y§Ä FÃmw Mm³ At±is¯ V^n¸n¨p. Mm³ Nm\n¨Sv f*¯^w B]n F¶v b_ªp At±iw Ft¶mXv H^pbmXv IqXm]n. HXpkn Np_¨v S\p¯t¸mÄ bp_¯v k^m³ tk* {bkÀ¯W§Ä WX¯m³ Mm³ At±it¯mXv Bklys¸«p. HXpkn Fsâ WnÀtUl§Ä AWph^n¡mw F¶v km¡v WÂNn fX§n.

AVnNw sskNmsS Fs¶ fKnhv–t{Xänsâ khSn]nt`¡v sNm*v tbm]n. ^*v sNm`bmSNw DÄs¸sX Wn^kVn tNhpNÄ Fsâ tb^n ImÀKv sI]vSn«p*m]n^p¶p. ASn t_¸v, ko«n ASn{Nf¨v N]_n shNyq^näns] f]¡v f^p¶v sNmXp¯v tdmVw sNXp¯Â FÃmw DÄs¸«n^p¶p. tPäv No¸À Umhsâ sfmjn, tbmÌptfmÀ«w _nt¸mÀ«v, Np¯m³ Dbt]mPn¨ N¯n FÃmw FWn¡v FSns^]pÅ sSankm]n tbm`ohv imK^m¡n. NqXpS sSankv tlO^n¡mWpw SpXÀ AtWzg\¯nWpfm]n A©v Unkhw tbm`ohv NÌZn]n kn«p sNm*v D¯^km]n.

Mm³ AknsX Wn¶pw bp_¯n_§pt¼mÄ H^p k`n] fmVyf bX Ss¶ bp_¯p*m]n^p¶p. tbm`ohv Fs¶ SXªp F¦n`pw CWns]m^p kÀg]p*mNm^pSv F¶v fm{Sw Mm³ AkÀ tNÄs¡ D_s¡ b_ªp.

bn¶oXv At§m«pÅ A©v Unkhw Mm³ tbm`ohv NÌZn]n C^p¶v N*pw bp_¯v knWm]NnsW]pw kn³hmânsW]pw sNm*v N^p¡Ä Wo¡pN]m]n^p¶p. F.hn ]pw Nq«^pw FWns¡Sns^]pw. Cu Unkh§Ä¡nX]n sSanskXp¸nsW¶v b_ªp Fs¶ b` Ø`¯m]n sNm*v tbm]n. bp_¯n_§m³ tk*n Mm³ A©v Unkhw Nm¯n^p¶p. tN^a hfqis¯ fpjpk³ hzmSoW¨ H^p tNhv B]n kÀg]psX f^\w fm_n¡jnªn^p¶p. ImW IÀ¨Nan`pw WkfmVyf§an`pw Cu tNhv Wn_ªv Wn¶p. BÀ¡pw bqÀ\fm]pw H¶pw fWÊn`mNp¶p*m]n^p¶nÃ. NqXpS Nm^y§Ä f_¨v sk¡m³ tbm`ohv s{hfn¨n^p¶p. F¶m WX¶ hwekw KW§apsX fp¶n F¯n¡m³ Fsâ sshdÀ Xow ^mbN Nãs¸«p.

SpX^pw.